The Greek Olympic team, as is customary, led the parade along the Seine River in the Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony on Friday.
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The Olympic Games aim to bring nations together to compete in the spirit of friendship, but sometimes countries get banned from this show of goodwill. The 2024 Paris Olympics features a notable case, with Russia having faced an IOC ban since 2022, when Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Greece’s leading pay TV platforms, Cosmote TV and Nova, have reached a three-year agreement.
A track and field athlete from Greece’s Olympic team for the Paris Games has tested positive for doping.
The Greek Maritime Golf Event, running from September 5 to 8 at the Costa Navarino (costanavarino.com) resort in the Peloponnese’s Messinia region, will be raising funds for the “Floga” association for children with cancer.
After nearly an hour of grappling with his opponent under the blazing sun, Turkey’s “Tireless Wrestler” was crowned the winner of the 663rd Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Championships.
Long jump Olympic gold medalist Miltos Tentoglou won the first place at the “Istvan Gyulai” meeting in Hungary on Tuesday with a jump of 8.23m.
Stavroula Chalemou, front, and Ioanna Styliani Karakosta of Greece perform a twist at the women’s synchronised 10m platform diving at the European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on Saturday
Cindy Sandjo, a 29-year-old content creator who works in IT and lives in Dallas, was initially interested in joining a running club because she was in search of other Black people she could connect with.
Clashes took place on Friday afternoon outside Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (OAKA), between the police and Panathinaikos fans who tried to enter the Olympic indoor hall without tickets.
A soccer match between the 2004 Greek national team and the UEFA All Stars will take place on the 20th anniversary of the European Championship triumph, in Essen, the hometown of the German coach Otto Rehhagel, who led Greece to the championship.
Alexander Kitroeff, a historian with a deep background in Greek sport, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the historic wins of Panathinaikos in the EuroLeague and Olympiakos in the UEFA Europa Conference League, and look at whether this euphoria and momentum can serve as a springboard for Greek sport – often plagued by fan violence – to build on.
Cities and towns all over Greece will be celebrating World Bicycle Day on Monday, encouraging residents to ditch their cars and go eco-friendly in their commutes and organizing all sorts of fun events and activities for the entire family.
The Princess of Japan, Kako, visited the historic Panellinios judo academy in Athens on Tuesday afternoon and met with young Greek judo athletes.
The World Senior Muaythai Championship will be held in Patra, Greece’s third-largest city, from June 1 to 10.
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